Quilter's Muse Publications
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| Folk Songs, Poems, and Sayings This is a collection of favorite folk songs and poems in English, Spanish, Hebrew, or German. These audio or written files are placed here for educational purposes and for your enjoyment. Songs Related to American History Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Song from the Great Depression Days (1930s) Pastures of Plenty - Woody Guthrie's song about migrant workers (Great Depression Era) Rally Round the Flag - a moving song sung by Union troops and later adapted to fit Confederate lyrics (Civil War) Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Hard Times/Depression Era Buttermilk Hill - a poignant song from the Civil War Tenting Tonight - a Civil War song written by a New Hampshire resident Midnight Special Blues/prison song It's a Grand Old Flag - Patriotic song Follow the Drinkin' Gourd - a song about following a constellation to seek freedom in Canada My Darling Nelly Gray - song about a woman being captured into slavery to work her life away American Folk Songs Banks of the Ohio - old folk song sung by Patricia Cummings Blue - a song about a dog The Water is Wide - a traditional ballad Where the Purple Lilacs Grow - song about New Hampshire I Will Fly Away - Gospel/Folk song Shady Grove - folk song Work for the Night is Coming - song about the short duration of a life and the work that must be done meanwhile Go Tell Aunt Rhody - a song for children The Fox French Lilacs in bloom in New Hampshire on a cloudy day Songs in Spanish Guantanamera - a song that I first heard sung by Pete Seeger in the 1960s El Arriero Va Spanish song from Argentina Los Peces en el Rio - A Christmas Song in Spanish - a song learned in Spain Zamba de Mi Esperanza Song in Spanish (translated) Mi Caballo Blanco Spanish song about a white horse Cuando Salí de Cuba Spanish song about Leaving Cuba En Mi Viejo San Juan Spanish song about Puerto Rico Spanish is the Loving Tongue - a folk song, sung in English, recorded by a number of contemporary singers, including Willie Nelson Spoken Poem Recited in Spanish Meciendo - a poem by Gabriela Mistral (recited and translated) Poem by a Latin American writer/not a song file Musical Score of "Old New Hampshire" Oral Recitations, poetry and prose in English Mending Wall - a poem by Robert Frost, recited by Patricia Cummings The Road Not Taken - a poem by Robert Frost, recited by Patricia Cummings Seventeenth Century Nun's Prayer - a vocal recitation by Patricia Cummings The Village Blacksmith, poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Fiddler Jones - a poem - recited by Patricia Cummings "In Flanders Field" - poem that speaks of a WWI cemetery Language Files (not audio presentations) Celia Thaxter: New Hampshire Poet (not an audio file) Favorite Sayings - (not an audio file) The Crazy Quilt - a poem by Margaret E. Sangster - words provided (not an audio file) Little Bunny Foo-Foo (story and song for children) Folk Songs from England, Scotland, and Ireland The Work of the Weavers - a Scottish song that celebrates weaving as a trade The Rising of the Moon - Irish History The Ould Orange Flute - Irish song that points up the traditional conflict between religions there The Cruel Mother: A Folk Ballad and an Essay Loch Lomond - a Scottish song Mary Hamilton - a Scottish folk ballad Johnny I Hardly Knew You - a war protest song from the 19th century Cockles and Mussels - song about Ireland The Coventry Carol - medieval song often heard at Christmas time Songs in German Stille Nacht (Silent Night in German) Die Gedanken Sind Frei Songs in Hebrew Hava Nagila - a Jewish dance song Hine Ma Tov - an Israeli song of peace Original Song I Am a Quilter - original song by Patricia Cummings for National Quilter's Day -2008 All of these music and voice files were recorded by Patricia L. Cummings for Quilter's Muse Publications' educational website. All Rights Reserved. |
